“I had a talk with the preacher,” he says, “and he doesn’t know what to do with me. The preacher said that I denigrate God, and I fail see the point of the believer. Preacher said that we accept God because we are acknowledging our limitations. Because man is fallible, we must look to him for his perfect wisdom. Man can do nothing on his own but create more imperfections to continually mire themselves in base humanity, in the trappings of our worldly surroundings.”
The other he says, “That all sounds about right, you did say that God is imaginary.”
“I did say that.” he says. “But I don’t agree with the preacher.”
“I didn’t think that you would.” says the other he.
He says, “I understand his opinion, it is folly to put trust in man made things. We are social creatures, true, but we don’t seek to protect our social structure because we are also selfish creatures. To think that anything man made will protect everyone is short sighted and naive.”
“There are some good women and men, we are not all conniving,” the other he says, “and that is not the point. The point is that this life is full of sin, and if we can avoid temptations that are ultimately harmful to us, then we can attain an even better existence when this one ends.”
“Why create something with our capacities only to limit them?” he asks. “Just to prove some metaphysical point? This question I posed to the preacher and I’m sure you can imagine his response: god works in mysterious ways. And I’m sure your answer is similar, that we can never hope to comprehend the will of the almighty, so don’t feel the need to answer. But let’s say there is a creator God, and he made us, with all these parts and thoughts, maybe he wanted us to experience it all and the worse sin is our rejection of the life he has given us.”
“Maybe,” says the other he, “but like you said, we can never know.”
He says, “But what if there is no god and he is our creation, and all of these questions manifest as evidence of his human origin? A perfect entity would not leave so much room for ambiguity, but us humans, seeking a cosmic understanding have developed these flawed entities, new ones and their prophets springing up every hundred years or so, and forcing dogmas on others that are unattainable and ultimately harmful.”
The other he says, “A lot of things could be true. I have to get back to work.”
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